How Flammable is Compressed Air? | MythBusters Jr.

Adam Savage and team investigate the flammability of an ordinary can of compressed air.

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[SnipeU]

Needed this 10 years ago when I found out on my own and nearly melted important things.

[silentfox-thewhitechaos]

"Try not to loose an eyebrow" They missed the perfect segway to showing a clip of Adam "Am I missing... an eyebrow?" Savage

[MatthewRBenavides]

One day I was cleaning my keyboard and other PC accessories with a can of compressed air, and I had a candle near by. After finishing all my work, I foolishly, and very stupidly — through an act of autopilot — decided to blow out the candle with the compressed air in my hand. I said “fire gone” as I sprayed, and immediately got covered in candle wax with a ball of fire flying at my face. I singed off my hairline and eyebrows, and had a sore throat for 2 days. I told my barber that I got into a fireworks accident. I was too embarrassed to tell him I failed to follow the safety rules on a bottle of compressed air.

[davidwallace]

Plus this is so predictable. The only question is which gas is flammable or not and it’s not hard to find that out.

[tinnertanner]

Wish it was the full one. I have to watch this at school.

[davidwallace]

I would prefer the old Myth Busters and you don’t have to spam this one show man

[edwardceasardizon]

I tried this at home with an Air Freshener and Candle. There was a spider ok. 🤣🤣🤣

[mylesfiles]

Idk why I just went outside and did this

[MemerTheDreamer-nvzb]

You just taught kids of how to make a flame thrower

[MakeDuunaaThaimaassa]

Why they called it compressed air if it ain't air???

[ThePeterDislikeShow]

How big a can of air would you need to go to the moon?

[jamesfrancis]

Bro I accidentally lit this shit and apparently it make hydrochloric acid and my nostrils burned for like days

[miketypeeach]

Sooo, all I gotta do is intentionally misuse my Bust Off. Yay!

[jamestravis]

It’s not canned air. Read the label! The oxygen in air is an oxidizer not a fuel.

[timunknown]

Already tried this at home what else you got for me? Lol

[seekouttruth]

Tried this around coumtless times at home sometimes lynx sometimes fly spray sometimes spray paint

[abramfrank]

Hell, ive used this stuff already as emergency starter fluid to start a gas engine

[Lunathean]

Can you please stop posting this show. I subscribed for the *science Channel* not mythbusters Jr!

[Melissa]

I remember being a idiot and trying to use my Dust Off canned air as a flame thrower, however i ran into the DFE and I inhaled it without a mask, so I drank a lot of tea and it works.

[Killerspieler]

@Science Channel -
It seem there is more inside than just air